Industry statistics indicate that 50% of the sites initiated for a clinical trial enroll 0-1 subjects; with 25% enrolling none at all. With numbers like these, decisions on where and how to distribute precious and expensive study drug become a serious matter for senior management and project teams.

One of the most consistent questions we get from prospective clients is how best to handle data integration between the IRT and EDC systems being used for a clinical trial.

The EDC system will house the bulk of the clinical data, while the IRT is needed for randomization and drug assignment. What’s the most efficient, cost-effective way to accomplish two key study goals: to achieve integrated data in real time, and to avoid time-wasting duplication and reconciliation requirements between systems?

We’ve been surprised over the past year or so by the number of IRT companies that have begun touting AGILE methodology as the knight-on-a-white-horse come to save us all from our clinical trial timing dilemmas. Oh, if only it were that simple!
A Decade of Agility

Veracity Logic has been using an AGILE-style methodology for nearly 10 years now. What we have learned is this: In its cleanest form, the approach does allow project teams to implement systems faster than with the traditional waterfall. But — unfortunately for all of us – an AGILE process is not what finally makes a difference in the timelines of a project.

As technology gets more and more sophisticated, data collection systems for clinical trials are at risk of becoming less and less intuitive for users. Accordingly, the importance of the User Experience has moved to the forefront in many recent pharmaceutical conferences. The challenge for the pharma-tech industry is obvious: How to deliver more and more power under the hood while remaining/becoming more and more user friendly for the diverse population of users at clinical sites around the world?

Interactive Response Technology solutions must reach people wherever they are throughout the world. Subjects/Patients, Clinical Sites Users, Warehouse Distribution Staff, and the Clinical Project Teams exist in a more and more distributed environment. Veracity Logic’s web presence exists anywhere users are able to reach the Internet. Our Help Desk staff are available to all users via email or phone.

In addition, we have phone lines available in 50+ countries including: